Your Day in Health: May 9

DailyMail: Is Obesity CONTAGIOUS? Spores of Bacteria from the Gut's of Fat People 'could Spread to Healthy Individuals'

"A new study of the gut microbiota has suggested obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, IBS and allergies could be contagious, spreading from person to person via spores of bacteria that can survive in the open air." Read full story.

"Consuming a high-fructose diet during pregnancy may cause defects in the placenta and restrict fetal growth, potentially increasing a baby's risk for metabolic health problems later in life, according to research in mice and people by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis." Read full story.